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      <h4 class="N_hth_HowToHelp"><a name="159779">How to create a template report item</a></h4>
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              <div class="N_n1_NumList1_inner"><a name="159780">Open or create a template.</a></div>
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              <div class="N_n1_NumList1_inner"><a name="159815">Add a report item to the layout, or select an existing item in the layout. For example, </a><a href="#171813" title="How to create a template report item">Figure&nbsp;19-4</a> shows a text item inside a table item and its appearance in the Outline view.</div>
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      <p class="i2_Image2"><a name="159817"><img class="Default" src="images/TextBeforeTemplate.png" style="display: inline; float: none; left: 0.0; top: 0.0" alt="Figure 19-4 Standard appearance of text element and its icon" /></a></p>
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        <b class="Bold">Figure&nbsp;19-4&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><a name="171813">Standard appearance of text element and its icon</a></div>
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              <div class="N_n1_NumList1_inner"><a name="172188">In the layout editor, right-click the report item, for example the text item. Choose Create Template Report Item. </a></div>
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              <div class="N_n1_NumList1_inner"><a name="159901">In Create Template Report Item, type instructions to the report developer. These instructions explain how to use the report item. </a><a href="#216397" title="How to create a template report item">Figure&nbsp;19-5</a> shows an example of some instructions.</div>
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      <p class="i2_Image2"><a name="160023"><img class="Default" src="images/CreateTemplateReportItem.png" style="display: inline; float: none; left: 0.0; top: 0.0" alt="Figure 19-5 Providing instructions for a template report item" /></a></p>
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        <b class="Bold">Figure&nbsp;19-5&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><a name="216397">Providing instructions for a template report item</a></div>
      <div class="N_i_Indent1"><a name="216399">Choose OK. The report item now appears in the layout as a template report item. The template report item displays an icon appropriate to the type of report item and the instructions you provided and in Outline, the report item’s icon changes to be a template item icon. </a><a href="#171815" title="How to create a template report item">Figure&nbsp;19-6</a> shows how the text element shown in <a href="#171813" title="How to create a template report item">Figure&nbsp;19-4</a> appears after conversion to a template report item.</div>
      <p class="i2_Image2"><a name="168780"><img class="Default" src="images/TextAfterTemplate.png" style="display: inline; float: none; left: 0.0; top: 0.0" alt="Figure 19-6 Text element as a template report item" /></a></p>
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        <b class="Bold">Figure&nbsp;19-6&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><a name="171815">Text element as a template report item</a></div>
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